Dec. 25, 2014

Keri Herman, one of the world's best female freestyle skiers, is among scores of Olympic athletes and hopefuls who have turned to crowdfunding to sustain their careers; some fault inability of national sports associations to fully support their athletes. MORE

Dec. 9, 2014

Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column holds that International Olympic Committee has opened door to incredible possibilities by allowing potential host cities to share bids with other cities; notes reform is creating talk that Pyeongchang, South Korea, awarded 2018 Winter Games, will not host every Winter Olympics event and will send sliding events anywhere that already has facilities for those sports. MORE

Dec. 7, 2014

Nov. 29, 2014

Italian Olympic Committee is seeking ban of more than four years for figure skater Carolina Kostner, for allegedly helping Olympic race walking gold medalist Alex Schwazer, avoid a drug test. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column praises 40 reform proposals announced by the International Olympic Committee, effort to make bidding for the Olympics less daunting and less expensive; argues that IOC president Thomas Bach has already done more for the Olympic movement than his successors combined, noting his success in including substantive antidiscrimination clauses in future contracts with host cities. MORE

Sep. 26, 2014

International Olympic Committee will require future Olympic host cities to abide by rules that forbid any kind of discrimination, move prompted by outcry caused by Russia’s adoption of law banning so-called gay propaganda before Sochi Winter Games. MORE

Aug. 14, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Jules Boykoff calls for reconsideration of Olympic Games' relationship to cities that host them, noting that many cities have backed away from endeavor seen as costly liability; urges International Olympic Committee to address spiraling costs and ecological footprint, as well as issue of how Games could better serve host cities. MORE

Aug. 10, 2014

Binyamin Appelbaum It's the Economy column examines validity of oft-repeated assertion that big sporting events like the Olympic Games provide economic boon to host countries; contends there is strikingly little evidence that such events increase tourism or draw new investment. MORE

Aug. 6, 2014

Harvey Araton On Pro Basketball column argues that while Mark Cuban made several good points in his criticism of the NBA's participation in international competitions, he fails to understand its essential value; argues that the Olympics brought basketball to the world stage, vastly increasing the NBA's value, citing the 1992 'Dream Team'. MORE

Jul. 20, 2014

Proposals by Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, for setting up an Olympic television channel and reshaping the bid-city procedure receive backing from 16 key IOC and sports officials at conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. MORE

May. 9, 2014

Richard Sandomir TV Sports column notes that NBC's $7.75 billion deal for exclusive rights to the six Olympic Games from 2022 to 2032 covers any and all new technology that might develop in the next two decades. MORE

May. 8, 2014

NBC Universal agrees to pay $7.75 billion for exclusive broadcast rights to the six Olympic Games from 2022 to 2032; as more viewers consume media on their own schedules, live events seem to be the only content that compels most viewers to watch in real time; new Olympic contract stipulates that NBC will also have exclusive rights to broadcast Games on whatever technology emerges between now and then. MORE

Feb. 27, 2014

Dick Button, figure skating analyst and two-time Olympic gold medalist, discusses his career as a commentator. MORE

Feb. 21, 2014

Curlers are among Olympic athletes in obscure disciplines for whom endless jokes about their sport wear thin. MORE

Feb. 14, 2014

Christopher Clarey Inside The Rings column observes that Sochi Winter Games schedule of 98 events, including team luge and team figure skating, is an indication that niche-within-a-niche sports will continue to expand in Olympic programming. MORE

Feb. 13, 2014

Speedskater Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands wins gold in the men's 1,000 meters, providing another dominant win for the Dutch team; Denny Morrison of Canada takes silver and Michel Mulder of the Netherlands wins bronze; American Shani Davis is denied his third consecutive gold medal, finishing eighth. MORE

Feb. 12, 2014

Olympic skiers develop distinct body type that features enormous thighs and rear ends to match, though trend varies from country to country according to fitness regimens imposed by coaches. MORE

Feb. 12, 2014

Olympics Roundup; International Olympic Committee reinstates the Indian Olympic Association, which was suspended in 2012 for what the IOC said were chronic violations of the Olympic Charter and internal corruption; action marks first time a country's governing body has been reinstated during a Games. MORE

Feb. 10, 2014

Snowboarder Jamie Anderson takes gold in women's slopestyle, confirming her star status and capping American sweep of the inaugural event; Enni Rukajarvi of Finland wins the silver medal, and Jenny Jones wins bronze, becoming the first British Winter Olympian to earn a medal in a snow event. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

Op-Ed article by author and editor Porter Fox contends that there will be few places to host the Winter Olympic Games in the future if climate change is not reined in; maintains nothing besides a national policy shift on how Americans create and consume energy will keep nation's mountains white in winter. MORE

Feb. 6, 2014

Recent additions to winter Olympic sports, like the halfpipe competition, are determined by panel of judges rather than clocks or measuring tape, leaving significant room for exploitation and debate. MORE

Feb. 5, 2014

Tiny town of Warroad, Minn, has sent an astounding seven hockey players to the Olympic Games since 1956, all of them returning with medals, despite having population of only 1,781; locals are hoping for gold from residents Gigi Marvin and T J Oshie when they travel to the Sochi Olympics this year. MORE

Feb. 5, 2014

List and brief summary of ten Winter Olympic movies that are worth checking out. MORE

Jan. 19, 2014

Kelly Dinardo travel article on Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, which reopened in December 2013 after two-year, $60 million renovation that almost doubled its size. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times column argues that political furor surrounding the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games is entirely predictable, following long list of controversial Games in the past; holds that so long as the International Olympic Committee remains vulnerable to manipulation and influence of political figures, the Games will continue to be mired in debate about human rights rather than athleticism. MORE

Dec. 8, 2013

India faces expulsion from the Olympics unless it keeps corruption-tainted officials out of its ranks; other Olympics news noted. MORE

Sep. 10, 2013

Jere Longman On Olympics column on departing International Olympic president Jacques Rogge, whose caretaker guidance led the Olympic committee's reserve fund to grow from $105 million in 2001 to $901 million as of Dec 2012. MORE

Sep. 9, 2013

International Olympic Committee restores wrestling, one of the most traditional and elemental sports, to the Summer Games; chastened by calls to modernize its leadership and energize its matches, wrestling changed its rules, created more weight classes for women and easily prevailed over squash and a combined bid by baseball and softball. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Jere Longman On The Olympics column examines murky internal politics of the International Olympic Committee as it gathers to vote on new president and 2020 host city. MORE

Sep. 6, 2013

Sheik Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, jet-setting member of the Kuwaiti royal family, has quietly become one of the most powerful people in global sports, yet remains largely overlooked outside Olympic political circles; as part of International Olympic Committee, he is likely to play a major role in all the big decisions, from which city will host the 2020 Games to which sport will be added to the roster. MORE

Sep. 1, 2013

Companion piece to Business page one story about sports vying for inclusion in 2020 Olympics notes that stiff competition among sports seeking a spot in the Olympics is expensive--and can last for years. MORE

Jun. 8, 2013

Six potential successors to Jacques Rogge, retiring president of International Olympic Committee, must abide by process that prohibits promotional campaigns and public debate. MORE

Jun. 1, 2013

United States Olympic Committee has made number of changes to satisfy International Olympic Committee, bolstering chance to host 2024 Summer Games. MORE

May. 26, 2013

Runner David Rudisha is latest of five Olympic champions from Kenya developed by coach Colm O’Connell, Irish missionary who knew little about track when he arrived in 1976. MORE

May. 19, 2013

Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out return as coach of United States Olympic men’s basketball team. MORE

May. 10, 2013

Thomas Bach is counting on his track record and long experience in the Olympic world to carry him to the top job in the International Olympic Committee; Bach, who is a German lawyer, has become the first declared candidate in the race for IOC president MORE

Apr. 30, 2013

Editorial recounts bittersweet legacy of American Indian Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe, whose gold medal feats mesmerized the nation a century ago; cites judge's ruling that his sons have the right to move his remains from town of Jim Thorpe, Pa, to the Sac and Fox lands in Oklahoma, where he was raised. MORE

Feb. 24, 2013

Competitors at World Ice Fishing Championship have been required to submit to same drug-tests as world-class athletes, due to sport's aspiration to be included in Olympic Games; fishing officials have puzzled over whether doping would help anglers perform better in sport that is not particularly physical; ice fishing is one of several sports that have embraced drug testing in their long-shot bids to be included in Olympics. MORE

Feb. 21, 2013

Former Bulgarian wrestler Valentin Yordanov will return his Olympic gold medal to protest IOC decision to drop wrestling from Olympic program. MORE

Feb. 20, 2013

Iran, where sport of wrestling has been deeply embedded in culture for thousands of years, is particularly affected by International Olympic Committee's decision to drop sport from Games as of 2020. MORE

Feb. 19, 2013

United States Olympic Education Center for Greco-Roman wrestling at Northern Michigan University may be in jeopardy following sport's removal from the Olympic Games; organization is dedicated exclusively to producing Olympic wrestlers. MORE

Feb. 17, 2013

FILA president Raphael Martinetti resigns in wake of International Olympic Committee’s decision to remove wrestling from Olympics. MORE

Feb. 14, 2013

International Olympic Committee has preserved the modern pentathlon, despite eliminating more widely-known sport of wrestling; pentathlon organizers have made a number of changes over the years to make sport more exciting. MORE

Dec. 5, 2012

International Olympic Committee suspends Indian Olympic Association for its failure to comply with the international Olympic Charter and its statutes; many of India's sports leaders have been in power for decades, which is forbidden by the IOC. MORE

Nov. 20, 2012

World Anti-Doping Agency indicates that it will likely extend competition ban for first doping offenses to four years from two; new rule would mean that athletes caught doping would be banned from at least one Olympics. MORE

Nov. 14, 2012

Producer Jim Bell leaves Today show after seven years to become full-time executive producer of the Olympics for NBC. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

Athletes who compete in low-profile sports face financial hurdles that could hinder their Olympic hopes; slalom canoeists Eric Hurd and Jeff Larimer finished 12th at the London Games, but whether they go forward to Rio de Janeiro will depend on their financing; national sports federations offer some help, but for many athletes who toil outside the spotlight, finding a paying job that will provide the flexibility to train is the real lifeline they require. MORE

Aug. 26, 2012

Olympic gold-medal sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross is continuing to speak out against Rule 40, an International Olympic Committee regulation that limits how athletes can promote their sponsors during the Olympics. MORE

Aug. 5, 2012

Exhibition The Olympic Games: Art, Culture and Sport, at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, examines the origins and cultural significance of the Olympic Games through a combination of art, sporting equipment, memorabilia and technology (Metropolitan/Westchester). MORE

The International Olympic Committee said it would create a mourning area in the Olympic Village at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games where participants could remember family or friends during a moment of reflection at the closing ceremony.